Carl von Bardolff

Carl von Bardolff (3 September 1865-17 May 1953) was an Austrian general and later a German Reichstag deputy from the Nazi Party.

Biography
Carl von Bardolff was born in Graz, Styria, Austria on 3 September 1865, and he enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1884. He became a Lieutenant in 1893, and he taught war history and strategy at the Vienna War School from 1903 to 1906. In 1911, he became an adviser and officer in the military chancery of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination in 1914 led to the outbreak of World War I. He served in the general staff during the war, and he took over the clothing and catering section of the Ministry of War in September 1918. In January 1919, he was exempted from the army, and he retired in April. He worked as a lawyer and manager of an industrial group from 1921 to 1932, and he was a committed monarchist; nevertheless, he sympathized with the Austrian Nazi Party, and he chaired the German People's Council from 1932 to 1937, also chairing the German Club in Vienna. On 12 March 1938, he joined the Sturmabteilung as a leader, and he served on the supervisory boards of several major companies during World War II. In 1938, he became a Generalleutnant of the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, and he was promoted to General der Infanterie in 1940. He was arrested after the end of World War II, and he lived in Graz until his death in 1953.